PARIS (FRANCE) – A transfer from the transfer market, Thiago Silva will be available on a free transfer at the end of his contract.
A scenario that seemed impossible until a few months ago but the PSG has decided not to renew his contract and for this reason the player will be released.
Paris Saint-Germain has decided that it will not extend Thiago Silva's contract .
For eight seasons, the central pillar of the Parisian defense, the cornerstone of the Qatari project, but also of repeated failures in the assault on the Champions League.
Despite this, the Brazilian will remain who knows how much the best defender in the history of the club, with whom he has won over 20 titles.
Until the end, Thiago Silva hoped however that his contract, expiring on June 30th, would be extended.
At least until 2022, the year of the World Cup in Qatar.
“For us, it would be nice to continue with PSG (…).
This is where the children grew up, it is in Paris that we would like to continue our career, "said the wife of 'O Monstro' in Le Parisien in mid-May.
But the Parisian sports director Leonardo, the architect of his transfer from Milan in 2012, has decided to turn the page to start phase 2 of the Qatar transfer market project.
For absurd Thiago Silva leaves in the year in which the PSG has concrete possibilities to go all the way in the Champions League.
Recall that the French club has already qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals by eliminating Haaland's Dortmund.
PSG is one of the few clubs, like Atalanta, to already have the certainty of being among the eight strongest teams in Europe.
UEFA is seriously considering awarding the Champions League with the Final Eight formula.
At the moment there would be two candidates to host it because Istanbul would have given up.
In the last few hours there has been talk with some insistence of a ballot between Lisbon and Madrid (source ANSA-AFP).
Source: Blitz Quotidiano